Egg-shipping case.



1.1.EDWARDS.

EGG SHIPPING CASE. APPLICATION man nan. 13, 1 915.

Paten'ted Dec. 26, 1916.

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EGG S'HI PPING CASE. APPLICATION FILED DEC.13, 1915v Patented Dec.26,1916.

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1 Joseph .i/EDWARTQS, cs member, ciitrroiems. 4

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To all whom it mayconcern:

Be 1h known that l, JOSEPH I. EDWARDS,

a citizen; of the United States, residing Lirerniore in the county ofAlameda and State of California; have invented new and useful 1Improvements in Egg-,Ship'piug Cases, of

which the following is'a specification; v r

The present" invention relates to. improvementszi i'shipping cases foreggs audeuch like breakable articles, arid the object of the inventionis tOgPlOVldB a casehaviug nests arrangedtherein each of a peculiarformatioirivherehy the eggs may be efiectively.

.strohg' and durable.

,whiehitlie hase is formed, Fig. i is a vertical With the above andother objects in view,

the improvement resides in the construction,

combination and aia'angemeut of parts set forthiu-the' followin s)ClfiCilillOn and fa1ling 'Withili the scope-of the appended claims,-

Iii the drawihg'silhigure 1 is a perspective ""iew of a shippi 1g4crateconstructed in accordance with the present invention, Fig. 2 is similarview showing the top in its open positiohrhigf a View oft-heblank fromleng itudihalisectional view through the dethe pest sections, Fig. 8 isa' similar View of one of the Id ViSlOI} vplates or part tions, and

tron a single she vice'kisilliifstrated in Fig. 1, Fig. 5 is atransverse leetioiial jgciv through the same Fig. 6 is'apeisliective newof portion of one of the trays;F ig'g, hisav similar View. of one of isa similar-view of one otthe I or: cas tig proper of l F eas 0 improvedsill} same refeiiabl i;

pmeidd vjith aniimer lining and coi nfi sa einb ceseihemgiprefer bly ceisti fited heard orthe like. bendable but ofi'strong substance; .'1 hisiuse 1. is providedovitli bot longitudinal isom r or loldclines a r dwith traiisi erse fold lines 3-3--3, the spaces Specification of Lettersyatentt boa l coh ipi isin o su able" wash: the a 2 t deneehe'e 6119icorrugated,-materiflh hg Saki X;

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' snugly, ireceiyerl between the flanges of the atray and;contact with,the -topfsurface or l o bodythereof, ar d. the said top vsurfaoe uis; i3 provided'with a plurality of spaced op'e'i1-' l Patented wheelers;

Application filed December 13, 1915 Serial No. 66,591.

between, the loiigitudinal folds behigequal and the spaces betwe'en 'theouter foldsand 4 the ends of the blank being likewise equal.

the said slits, indicated by; thenumerals' H and respectively, arearrangedone oyer the other, hile the remaining flaps, iridloated by thenumerals 6M6 and T? re spectively are bent over the outermost flaps eand 5 and the flap 6, o 'er the-fiapft, so' it will be'noted that two'ofthe opposite ends'ic of the substantially rectangular case is closed byfour overlapping. flaps, it being under?" stood that the said"overlapping flaps are connected together in any "desired'ma'nnerandalso that the said open corner provided bytwo of the sides are likewiseconnected,

rial 8. y y It is to be understood that the case I may be of any desiredsize to accommodate the number of eggs to be shipped therein,- and thatthefiaps l, 5, 6 and 7 upon one of the ends" providing the top of saidcase are not I sealed until after the nests are arranged within the-Baldcase.

I first arrange in the box'a pad which rests on the bottom of the box.This pad is I preferablyconstructed of some suitable soft material,comprising au outer casing such for instance as cheese cloth, and aninner lin 9Q mg of studding such, for instance, as exceL 'slor; I thenplace over the pad a trayiindr I cated by the numeral 10. This tray ispro-f vided with a contimlous. flangev 11,1 and the said flange-ispreferably formed by cuttingthe corners of the body of the tray andf"'bendingithe same along a creasedline and the nieeting ends o't'the'flanged members are preferably connected byfle'xible strips 11 ,f'llust'ated in Ifjig- 6 y of the drawings. l00

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e. .sg'a apart. and com ected l to s for instance, by a strip ofadhesive mategether hy au linneig corrugated. member; the r 0 i i's;-i1i ?e to I that f 13 11 1.

/ lb s: to. M ander-st d that t e ed vvhen lplaced iii] the'casing ings13 eorresponding'in number with the number of eggs to be shipped in thecasin N ext I insert in the casing a nest 16 whic includes an outercardboard frame of a size v to engage with the inner walls of'the casingand which is provided with a plurality of intersecting longitudinal andtransverse partition members 17 dividing the said nest into a pluralityof cells 17 I The cells correspond in number to the openings 13 in thetray 10.

Arranged in each of the cells 17% is a yield-;'

Each of these sleeves is formed of two separable strips of able sleeve01" collar 17."

thin flexible material which embody sufficientresiliency to engage withthe eggs 15 to hold the said eggs to prevent the. same contacting withthe side walls of the cells of the nests, and'the said eggs arearrangedin the cells to permit of either their points or butts being partiallyreceived. in the openings 17 to contact withthe outer lining of the pad9, so it will be noted that the eggs while permitted a certain slightmovement laterally or vertically in a downward direction, the same willbe efi'ectivelyheld or yieldably supported to preventany injury beinginflicted to the eggs when moved in either of such directions.

The sleeves 1'2 may be formed of paper or cardboard of the desiredstrength and yieldability. The strips from which the said sleevesareformed have their ends bent against the sides or ends ofthefbox as wellas against the partitions and adhesively or otherwise securely connectedthereto, and

.are, from thence bent at a slight angle form themselves to the shape ofthe egg with which eggs they effectively grip, as clearly illustrated inthe. figures of the drawings. i

After the layer of eggs has been arranged, as just described, I arrangeover the nest 16 a division. plate or partition 20,.the same preferablycomprising two facings of suitable cardboard or the like which aredivided from each other and spaced by an inner lining of corrugatedmaterial, and the spacing memberQO is provided with openings I 20 whichcorrespond in number with the cells of, the nest 16-and whichareadaptedto receive the projecting ends of the eggs 15. Arranged over theplate or partit on 20 "is a spacer which is indicated by the charf acterA. This spacer memberjincludes an outer frame which has 1ts sides andends connected by inner intersecting, longitudi:

11:11 and transverse partitions A dividing the same into a number 9fcells or compart--- ments corresponding ;W1tl1 the number of the layersof eggs, and/the end of the said eggs, extending through the openings 20and above the plates or partitions 20am received in the respectivecellsof the spaced member A. Onthe top of the spacer mem mentionedmember 20- is'arranged a second and within this nest is arrangedthesecond layer of eggs 15', the ends of the same'passor upper nest 16similar to the nest16,

ing through the openings '20 in the upper plateor partition 20, but theends of said second layer of eggs are maintained away from contact withthe ends of the first layer of eggs; Next Ipos-ition over thee'nds ofthe upper layer of eggs-15' which project through the cells of the upperpartition 16, a second-tray 10. In this instance, however, I arrange theflange 11' of the upper tray toward the mouth of the casing, so that theflat body will rest upon/ the upper nest 10, and'the projecting ends ofthe upper layer of eggs 15' will be received in the openings 13' of thesaid upper tray.-

Now I! arrange between the flanges 11 of the upper tray 10' a second orupper pad 9 which, as clearly illustrated in F i'g.' -r;4,

will yield to the pressure of'the ends- 0f the upper layer of eggs whichproject above the body of the upper tray 10. Then this is accomplishedthe upper flap members are folded one over the other and the overlyingflaps 5 and Thave their ends connected by a strip of adhesive materialwhich is indi- -cated by the numeral 10. Having thus described theinvention, what I claim is: A i 1. A shipping case for eggs. comprisingan outer casing including flaps which are adapted to overlie each otherto provide the top and bottom of the casing, pads in the casing at thetop and bottom thereof, perforated flanged trays arranged over the pads,nest"members arranged one against each of the trays, said nests havinglongi-=' tudinal and transverse intersecting memplurality of partitionscorresponding in number and alining with the cells of the nests and theperforations in the partitions and trays.

2. A shipping case for eggs comprising an outer casing formed from adouble thickness of material including flaps which are adapted tooverlie each other to provide the top and bottom of the casing, pads in3 the cells at the said top and bottom'thereof, forations in the plates,the nests and the perforated trays arranged over the pads, perforationsin' the trays. v nest members arranged upon the trays, per-In"'testimony whereof I afiix' my signaforated partition plates for thenests, and ture in presence of two Witnesses. '5 a spacer-memberdisposed between the parp JOSEPH I. EDWARDS.

' tition plates, and said spacer. member being Witnesses: r

divided into a number of compartments, G. M. CHURCHILL, corresponding toand alining with the per- H. J 'CALLAGHAN.

